Category Archives: Syndicated
To mention or not to mention WHO, that is U.N. Security Council question
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - For more than six weeks the U.N. Security Council has been trying to agree on a resolution to confront the coronavirus pandemic, only to be stymied by a stand-...
May 08, 2020
IMF’s Georgieva downbeat on global economic forecast, warns against protectionism
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the International Monetary Fund on Friday signaled a possible downward revision of global economic forecasts, and warned the United States and China...
May 08, 2020
Paraguay calls spread of coronavirus in neighboring Brazil ‘a great threat’
ASUNCION (Reuters) - The fast spread of the coronavirus in Brazil represents "a great threat" to Paraguay, which has managed to contain the advance of the pandemic over the last two months with a stri...
May 08, 2020
Apple to reopen some stores in United States next week
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc said Friday it will reopen a handful of stores in four U.S. states starting next week, in the first resumption of physical retail operations since the iPhone ma...
May 08, 2020
Canada gives bidders more time to submit fighter jet bids, cites coronavirus
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is giving potential bidders another month to submit proposals for a multibillion-dollar contract to supply 88 new fighter jets, time needed due to complications caused by the...
May 08, 2020
Herbalife to pay $123 million to settle China bribery allegations
(Reuters) - Herbalife Nutrition Ltd will likely pay U.S. authorities $123 million to settle bribery allegations related to the company's business in China, a regulatory filing showed on Thursday. The ...
May 08, 2020
Peru extends nationwide lockdown until May 24 as coronavirus cases rise
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru has extended a nationwide lockdown by two weeks until May 24, President Martin Vizcarra said on Friday, the fourth extension of the isolation period amid a sharp rise in cases of...
May 08, 2020
Austria denies trove of public and ministers’ addresses was data leak
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's Economy Ministry confirmed on Friday it had removed a database from its website that for years showed the home addresses of around a million people including the president...
May 08, 2020
Macron’s lawmakers told to pull together amid reports of new group
PARIS (Reuters) - The parliamentary leader of French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party demanded the "utmost prudence" from his lawmakers on Friday after reports that some were poised to defec...
May 08, 2020
FDA authorizes first at-home saliva test for COVID-19
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has authorized the first diagnostic test for the new coronavirus that allows patients to collect saliva samples at-home. The decisio...
May 08, 2020
